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This list has all global annual earnings of all time, limited to earnings of more than $40 billion in "real" (i.e. CPI adjusted) value. Note that some record earning may be caused by nonrecurring revenue, like Vodafone in 2014 (disposal of its interest in Verizon Wireless) [1] or Fannie Mae in 2013 (benefit for federal income taxes).
This required an exponentially growing number of investors to afford the lease payments. The fraud was the largest corporate scandal in German history and caused financial damages of about 4.9bn DM (≈€3.3bn). Equitable Life Assurance Society: United Kingdom: 8 Dec 2000: Insurance
Infamous stock market crash that represented the greatest one-day percentage decline in U.S. stock market history, culminating in a bear market after a more than 20% plunge in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. Among the primary causes of the chaos were program trading and illiquidity, both of which fueled the vicious decline for the ...
Great American Bank: San Diego: California: 1991 $9.5 billion $21 billion CenTrust Bank: Miami: Florida: 1990 $8.2 billion $19 billion Empire of America Savings: Buffalo: New York: 1990 $8.2 billion $19 billion Guaranty Bank: Austin: Texas: 2009 $13.0 billion $18 billion [12] Downey Savings and Loan Newport Beach: California: 2008 $12.8 billion ...
The largest civil-damage award in business history was first rendered in 1985 in the case of v. Pennzoil. However, it was far from certain that the $10.53 billion judgment would stand on appeal
1600 investors in Diamond Mortgage Company and A.J. Obie, two firms with the same managers, lost approximately $50 million in what the Michigan Court of Appeals described as "the largest reported 'Ponzi' scheme in the history of the state". It led to the passage in 1987 of the Mortgage Brokers, Lenders, and Servicers Act.
Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina Investment bank $ 4.4 × 10 ^ 10 [19] September 16, 2008: American International Group, New York City Federal government of the United States A: Insurance company $ 1.82 × 10 ^ 11 [20] September 17, 2008: Lehman Brothers, New York City B: Barclays: Investment bank $ 1.3 × 10 ^ 9 [21] September 18 ...
In 2002, AOL Time Warner reported nearly $100 billion in losses, at the time the largest annual loss in history, according to the 2003 Fortune 500 list. The company never fully recovered after the ...